Re: [Imap-protocol] Re: partial fetch of BODY data

Philip Guenther <[email protected]> Sat, 12 May 2012 14:35:48 -0600

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On Sat, 12 May 2012, Bill Shannon wrote:
> And just to confirm, a server should never return "NIL" for a BODY
> content, even if I attempt to read way past the end of the content,
> correct?  At least, as long as the message exists.  It might return
> NIL if the message has been expunged, right?

If the part specifier is invalid for the message, then the server may 
return NIL.

So, for example, given a message whose MIME structure is

  multipart/alternative
    text/plain
    text/html

then a request for BODY[1.TEXT] or BODY[1.HEADER] can get you a NIL.


Philip Guenther
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